diff --git a/app/controllers/miq_request_controller.rb b/app/controllers/miq_request_controller.rb
index 2a69154b893..17dd742db9d 100644
--- a/app/controllers/miq_request_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/miq_request_controller.rb
@@ -461,8 +461,10 @@ def approver?
   end
 
   def rbac_feature_id(feature_id)
-    return feature_id unless %w[ae host].include?(params[:typ])
-    "#{params[:typ]}_#{feature_id}"
+    # set this to be used to identify which Requests subtab was clicked
+    @request_tab = params[:typ].present? ? params[:typ] : session[:request_tab] if @request_tab.nil?
+    return feature_id unless %w[ae host].include?(@request_tab)
+    "#{@request_tab}_#{feature_id}"
   end
 
   # Delete all selected or single displayed action(s)